Gertrude Bell

Broschiertes Buch

A Woman in Arabia

The Writings of the Queen of the Desert

Herausgeber: Howell, Georgina

Beschreibung

During World War I, Georgina Howell worked her way up from spy to army major to become one of the most powerful woman in the British Empire. After the defeat of the Ottoman Empire, she was instrumental in drawing the borders that define the region today, including creating an independent Iraq. This book deals with her life and work.

Autor

Gertrude Bell (1868-1926) was born to an aristocratic family and became a renowned archaeologist, Arabist, linguist, writer, poet, and mountaineer. During WWI she served as a spy, army major, and then advisor for the British armed forces. In the aftermath of the war, her statesmanship helped to lay the framework for the modern Middle East.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Penguin US
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: 412090
• Seitenzahl: 320
• Erscheinungstermin: 11. August 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 197mm x 131mm x 18mm
• Gewicht: 234g
• ISBN-13: 9780143107378
• ISBN-10: 0143107372
• Artikelnr.: 41120784

Rezensionen

[A] well-chosen selection from [the] letters and memoirs [of] one of the most remarkable figures of the late 19th and early 20th century . . . Bell might be regarded as the much happier, female equivalent of T. E. Lawrence, who knew and admired her Washington Post